Xenoblade X Eurogamer Preview: Maybe 2015's Most Impressive Open World

From the Battle Trailer.

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Damn December hurry up and get here already!
 
The more I look at this game, the more I am hyped! Between this, trails in the sky and yakuza 5, I will be stuck with the "old" consoles this winter.

Some friends who saw the trailer were interested by this game (until they saw it was on WiiU...)
 
I feel this has been answered but since the DLC is integrated in the Western release what about the option to use the stats of one set equipment while wearing something different.

I know you unlock it after you finish the main story but the DLC in Japan unlocked it early.
 
The more I look at this game, the more I am hyped! Between this, trails in the sky and yakuza 5, I will be stuck with the "old" consoles this winter.

Some friends who saw the trailer were interested by this game (until they saw it was on WiiU...)

I've shown friends this game and they all said it looked great, then once they saw it was on the Wii U they decided it was shit...
 
I feel this has been answered but since the DLC is integrated in the Western release what about the option to use the stats of one set equipment while wearing something different.

I know you unlock it after you finish the main story but the DLC in Japan unlocked it early.

Yes, this is included in the localised version from the start.
 
my friends are all playing fallout 4 and going on about everything except what i can't wait for in this game, what i play an RPG for - the battles, your cast working together, the cheesy/awesome storyline defining your quest... then all the brilliant RPG elements outside that which make the game a brilliant RPG after a brilliant story and game. can't wait to get into the music, which is so different from Chronicles but i'm sure will suit this game perfectly.
 
I've shown friends this game and they all said it looked great, then once they saw it was on the Wii U they decided it was shit...

Really?? Geez...We all should do this experiment of showing the Battle trailer to friends or people who dislike Nintendo and have no idea of this game's existence so they can get hyped for it and then tell them this is a Wii U exclusive to see what they said after that...
 
Really?? Geez...We all should do this experiment of showing the Battle trailer to friends or people who dislike Nintendo and have no idea of this game's existence so they can get hyped for it and then tell them this is a Wii U exclusive to see what they said after that...
Nintendo is kiddy. Stealing our games again.
Rabble rabble rabble.
 
I've shown friends this game and they all said it looked great, then once they saw it was on the Wii U they decided it was shit...

I'm so glad my best friends all love Nintendo and have a Wii U as well. :P Not that they are super interested in Xenoblade (one of them is kinda, the other maybe not), but they aren't anti-Nintendo/Wii U at least!
 
I'm so glad my best friends all love Nintendo and have a Wii U as well. :P Not that they are super interested in Xenoblade (one of them is kinda, the other maybe not), but they aren't anti-Nintendo/Wii U at least!

Nobody I know cares about Nintendo, but mention Smash and it gets serious haha.
 
Nobody I know cares about Nintendo, but mention Smash and it gets serious haha.

lol, Smash is our main game of choice. Mario Kart every now and again, and we did play Super Mario 3D World to completion together, but... yeah, Smash is where it's at with my friends. :P

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So I haven't looked too much at the character customization options - how possible is it to create a Shulk-look-alike? Maybe one similar to the reveal trailer.
 
I'm so glad my best friends all love Nintendo and have a Wii U as well. :P Not that they are super interested in Xenoblade (one of them is kinda, the other maybe not), but they aren't anti-Nintendo/Wii U at least!

Most of my friends are more xbox or ps fans. Or really, they only play once in a while so I wouldn't call them straight up fans either. They do know about the Wii U and some games on them though.
 
lol, Smash is our main game of choice. Mario Kart every now and again, and we did play Super Mario 3D World to completion together, but... yeah, Smash is where it's at with my friends. :P

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So I haven't looked too much at the character customization options - how possible is it to create a Shulk-look-alike? Maybe one similar to the reveal trailer.
That was actually the default avatar, so pretty easy.
 
Gah, why is Amazon sending out the SE on the 8th? Anyone else like that? I have Prime, and preordered the day it was announced months ago.
 
So this looks awesome but I'm concerned about something. I picked up Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3ds but I just couldn't get into it, one reason being that the combat system did nothing for me. It's difficult to put my finger why, but it just felt a little clunky and imprecise. From what I've seen this battle system looks to be a modification of Chronicles (I admittingly haven't seen or read that much on it), can anyone with insight clarify if that's the case or does it feel better than the last game?
 
what are we defining as cheesy

Black Tar and NLA theme will always suck and I will never change my opinion on that

The first set of lyrics in Black Tar are still the only ones I can't get over how terrible they are. Not gonna "embrace the cheesyness" since I think that it is just plain bad, not cheesy.

People blaming those "SJWs" for the lack of a western release of DoA based on the quote the Facebook account manager posted.
There's a thread about it but it's locked http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1145180&page=1
So let's not delve too much into it

It is amusing that Sterling is riding that so hard in that tweet though. Yup, there are people out there that are directly blaming him for causing the changes in this game, it's not just a way to discredit all criticism.
 
Soo... Was looking at Amazon.co.jp for artbooks and this popped up in my Recommendations.

Looks like a XCX artbook like the Monado Archives? :D

Complete with super adorable concept art of Lin.

Sorry if this was posted about already!
 
Soo... Was looking at Amazon.co.jp for artbooks and this popped up in my Recommendations.

Looks like a XCX artbook like the Monado Archives? :D

Complete with super adorable concept art of Lin.


Sorry if this was posted about already!

Also available on CDJapan if you prefer that. I want to refer to it as XenobladeX Secret Art Files (after the previous one). I will say: Tanaka's art is definitely better in 2D. The in-game models throw me off because I'm trying to see the 2D art that they'd be based on.
 
Soo... Was looking at Amazon.co.jp for artbooks and this popped up in my Recommendations.

Looks like a XCX artbook like the Monado Archives? :D

Complete with super adorable concept art of Lin.


Sorry if this was posted about already!

yes it is... there's also a sample sketch for Elma, but that is in latest Dengeki Nintendo -> scan so i can't post it here ;)
 
Also available on CDJapan if you prefer that. I want to refer to it as XenobladeX Secret Art Files (after the previous one). I will say: Tanaka's art is definitely better in 2D. The in-game models throw me off because I'm trying to see the 2D art that they'd be based on.

The title if I'm reading it right is Xenoblade X The Secret File Art of Mira
 
So is it confirmed that you can chose from your friend list for 32 mission squads? I made a discord channel for setting up World Boss fights and missions, but it would be pointless if there's no way to chose who to play with.
 
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